Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 8 August 2024

  • The head of the defense committee of the Bundestag for Ukraine's use of German weapons in the Kursk region
  • The Russians closed three railway stations in the Kursk region due to hostilities
  • Western insurers cover Russian oil tankers despite sanctions
  • The Russians bombed a school in Sumy Oblast, killing two people, including a child
  • The occupiers attacked the Dniprovsky district of Kherson, there was a casualty
  • The Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, killed a man
  • The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the advance of the Armed Forces in two districts of the Kursk region
  • The Russian Federation announced that the flow of gas through Suzha in the Kursk region continues
  • In the morning, the Russians attacked Kostyantynivka, killing two people
  • The White House on the events in the Kursk region: it should be remembered that the Russian Federation is attacking Ukraine from there
  • The transit of Russian gas through Ukraine fell, prices in Europe rose
  • The largest Kernel plant in western Ukraine was damaged by a drone attack
  • Russia attacked with 4 missiles and 4 Shaheds, 2 missiles and all drones were destroyed
  • Enhanced customs control at the border with the Russian Federation began to operate in Estonia
  • Russians attacked Dnipropetrovsk region in the morning, injured a child

  • 7 August 2024

  • The Armed Forces destroyed another 1,140 occupiers during the day
  • The Russians are trying to advance near Chasovoy Yar and are storming the Pokrovsky direction
  • The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland: the border with the Russian Federation will remain closed
  • Ukrainian troops advanced up to 10 km deep into the Kursk region of the Russian Federation
  • The Russian Federation attacked four communities of the Sumy Oblast with aerial bombs
  • The intensity of hostilities on the Sumy direction of the front increased
  • The Russians attacked the suburbs of Kherson, four victims are known
  • US State Department: Ukraine did not warn about actions in Kursk, they do not violate US policy
  • A state of emergency was introduced in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation
  • The Russians shelled Nikopolshchyna, two men were injured
  • Bulgaria joined the NATO mission to train the Ukrainian military
  • Spokesperson of the European Commission on the events in the Kursk region: Ukraine has the right to protection
  • Mandatory evacuation was announced in Sumy Oblast in 5 communities on the border with the Russian Federation
  • The Russian Federation has increased the activity of its aviation on the border with Sumy Oblast
  • Despite the sanctions, France allowed a Russian ship-replica of the Peter I frigate into port
  • The air alert in Sumy Oblast lasted for more than a day
  • Putin complained about a "large-scale provocation" in the Kursk region by Ukraine
  • NATO called on Russia to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of Georgia
  • The Russian Federation reports that Ukrainian troops are advancing and entrenching themselves in the Kursk region
  • Putin was informed about the situation in the Kursk region, the authorities are deporting residents of the border area
  • The pro-Russian Shor bloc was denied registration in the elections in Moldova
  • Germany will receive $478 million worth of Patriot missiles instead of those given to Ukraine
  • Italian fighter jets intercepted an unidentified plane in the sky over the Baltic Sea
  • In Khmelnytskyi, wreckage of "Shakhediv" damaged the enterprise
  • The Air Force of Ukraine shot down all 30 Shaheds at night
  • The Ukrainians landed at Tendrivska Spit at night: they destroyed the enemy's armored vehicles and EW
  • The Russians shelled Nikopol with artillery and anti-aircraft guns, damaged an agricultural company and a home
  • Tailors who sewed Russian flags for anti-government protests were detained in Nigeria
  • Russian attack drones flew to Lviv region at night

  • 6 August 2024

  • The Armed Forces destroyed 1,230 invaders and 67 artillery systems during the day
  • Russians attacked 10 directions of the front, more than 130 combat clashes per day
  • ISW: Local authorities and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation have different versions of the events in the Kursk region
  • The government of Niger has announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Ukraine
  • The Armed Forces entered the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and destroyed tanks and a helicopter of the Russian Federation
  • The Russian army struck the Kherson region, three people were injured
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